High school girls basketball: 3A state tournament capsules

Desert Hills' Kassidy Cox and Whitni Atkin collide with Snow Canyon's Amy Harris in the first half of the Warriors' 50-47 win in the 3A girls basketball state championship game Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at the Burns Arena.
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Here's a team-by-team look at the 16 teams who qualified for this year's 3A girls basketball state tournament.

Despite this year's 3A state tournament being held 350 miles north of last year's site in St. George, many expect another great showing from Southern Utah's Region 9 schools. The tournament gets underway this Saturday at home sites, and will then shift to Weber State the following Thursday. Defending state champion Snow Canyon, along with last year's runner-up Desert Hills, are expected to be right in the thick of it again.

In order of winning percentage, these are the 16 teams that qualified for the 3A girls state basketball tournament this year:

James Edward is a sports writer at the Deseret News, serving as the prep editor and Real Salt Lake beat writer. A graduate of the University of Utah in 1998, he has been a full-time sports writer of the Deseret News since more ..